Time is endless in thy hands, my lord.
你手里的光阴是无限的,我的主。
There is none to count thy minutes.
你的分秒是无法计算的。
Days and nights pass and ages bloom and fade like flowers.
夜去明来,时代像花开花落。
Thou knowest how to wait.
你晓得怎样来等待。
Thy centuries follow each other perfecting a small wild flower.
你的世纪,一个接着一个,来完成一朵小小的野花。
We have no time to lose, and having no time we must scramble for a chance.
我们的光阴不能浪费,因为没有时间,我们必须争取机缘。
We are too poor to be late.
我们太穷苦了,决不可迟到。
And thus it is that time goes by while I give it to every querulous man who claims it, and thine altar is empty of all offerings to the last.
因此,在我把时间让给每一个性急的,向我索要时间的人,我的时间就虚度了,最后你的神坛上就没有一点祭品。
At the end of the day I hasten in fear lest thy gate to be shut; but I find that yet there is time.
一天过去,我赶忙前来,怕你的门已经关闭;但是我发现时间还有充裕。